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World Languages
I stumbled upon some new reading strategies while observing my colleague, AJ Ferris. Typically I spent about 15 minutes on a reading activity – and I watched him teach the same reading over *gasp* 45 minutes! To quote AJ as… Continue Reading →
I have ALWAYS wanted to participate in a learning walk since I saw them becoming popular on twitter and read the Cult of Pedagogy article about seeing Each Other Teach (Gonzalez, Jennifer). New to a district, I decided to tread… Continue Reading →
¿Cómo te llamas? No – Really! Right before school started my colleagues Sam and Robin (@sdeckerlote) mentioned giving “Language” names was a topic in the language community. I laughed – “it’s so fun! My students love it – some beg… Continue Reading →
Teaching language is so much fun – but sometimes I feel stuck in lower level Blooms!! Recall, remember, memorize, label, match again and AGAIN AND AGAIN!!! REMEMBER When I first started using Quizlet, Kahoot, Gimkit and a few other tech… Continue Reading →
My review of a few tech tools that were new to me in 2019 that I really enjoyed in my Spanish classroom – these ones are more for vocab building (think lower level Blooms unless you are doing circumlocution/word association),… Continue Reading →
This school year (18-19) was a huge shift to a much more language rich classroom. Here is my roundup of what I felt the pros and cons were (so far): PROS: Students are much more confident in a room full… Continue Reading →
Getting ready for summative exams? Worried about kids forgetting old material? Don’t let them sneak up on you with my Spanish Class version of #throwbackthursdays #JUEVESotravez. The purpose is simply to dust off the cobwebs and recall old vocabulary they… Continue Reading →
How long have you been teaching the language you teach? I’m closing in on 15 years. That’s 20 years since I was being confused with a native speaker, attending a local high school in the suburbs of Madrid. Twenty years… Continue Reading →
“The Language Rich Classroom” Two years ago, I was a stay at home mom and I attended a BUNKO party with a slew of Spanish teachers. Out of the teaching game for a bit, I was stupefied when they… Continue Reading →
I have always done formal speaking assessments on exams, but I have struggled for years to find an easy way to assess in-class speaking. I tried a few systems that were cumbersome and impractical for the ease I needed! In… Continue Reading →